For Sale: 1884 Industrial Cotton First Bale SCD

$395.00 · AU

Reference SH 4-3 WM
Date 1884
Grade AU
Price $395.00
Item # 4926
Metal White Metal

The obverse includes the portrait of the director, General, E. A. Burke, in a cartouche below the exposition text. The reverse pictures the first bale of cotton shipped from New Orleans in 1784. The dies are not signed but resemble the engraving of
George H. Lovett. 37.85mm, 17.68g.